Foreign Language Film Submissions to the 54th Academy Awards held in 1982 to get an Oscar Nomination in the Best Non-English Movie Category
by CineasticusBorealis | created - 27 Sep 2014 | updated - 06 Aug 2017 | Public25 COUNTRIES IN COMPETITION FOR 1981 FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM OSCAR!
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1. The Underground Man (1981)
110 min | Drama
Director: Nicolás Sarquís | Stars: Antonio Ber Ciani, Jesús Berenguer, Héctor Bidonde, Aldo Braga
Votes: 15
ARGENTINA | Status: submitted
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2. Der Bockerer (1981)
104 min | Drama, History
A politically naïve Viennese butcher (Bockerer) manages to survive the unification of Germany and Austria and the Second World War.
Director: Franz Antel | Stars: Karl Merkatz, Alfred Böhm, Hans Holt, Marte Harell
Votes: 1,026
AUSTRIA | Status: submitted
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3. Le grand paysage d'Alexis Droeven (1981)
88 min | Drama
A young Belgian farmer has to decide what to do with the farm after his father's death, his aunt, who left the country life to become a lawyer, and the agricultural crisis in general in that particular region.
Director: Jean-Jacques Andrien | Stars: Jan Decleir, Nicole Garcia, Maurice Garrel, Jerzy Radziwilowicz
Votes: 42
BELGIUM | Status: submitted
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4. The Plouffe Family (1981)
227 min | Drama
The lives of the average Quebecois Plouffe family during the final years of the depression and through World War II.
Director: Gilles Carle | Stars: Gabriel Arcand, Rémi Laurent, Pierre Curzi, Juliette Huot
Votes: 482
CANADA | Status: submitted
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5. Bozská Ema (1979)
PG | 110 min | Biography, Drama
The opera lady singer Ema Destinnová (Bozidara Turzonovová) is in all her splendor at the American stages. But in Europe there rages war and she decides to return home to Bohemia. As an ... See full summary »
Director: Jirí Krejcík | Stars: Bozidara Turzonovová, Gabriela Benacková, Juraj Kukura, Jirí Adamíra
Votes: 116
CZECHOSLOVAKIA | Status: submitted
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6. People on the Top (1981)
118 min | Drama
Zaatar a thief decide to quit and start an honored work, find himself working for corrupted businessman.
Director: Ali Badr Khan | Stars: Fayza Abduljawad, Mahmoud Al Qalaawi, Umran Bahar, Ezzat El Alaili
Votes: 229
EGYPT | Status: submitted
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7. Pedon merkki (1981)
120 min | Drama, War
Follows several Finnish officers and soldiers during World War II, mainly in the Finnish headquarters.
Director: Jaakko Pakkasvirta | Stars: Esko Salminen, Irina Milan, Tom Wentzel, Hannu Lauri
Votes: 207
FINLAND | Status: submitted
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8. Diva (1981)
R | 117 min | Crime, Music, Thriller
Two tapes, two Parisian mob killers, one corrupt policeman, an opera fan, a teenage thief, and the coolest philosopher ever filmed all twist their way through an intricate and stylish French-language thriller.
Director: Jean-Jacques Beineix | Stars: Wilhelmenia Fernandez, Frédéric Andréi, Roland Bertin, Richard Bohringer
Votes: 14,308 | Gross: $0.11M
FRANCE | Status: submitted
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9. The Man with the Carnation (1980)
125 min | Biography, Drama, History
The story of Nikos Belogiannis, member of the Greek Communist Party and officer of ELAS.
Director: Nikos Tzimas | Stars: Alekos Alexandrakis, Angelos Antonopoulos, Kostas Kazakos, Vangelis Kazan
Votes: 576
GREECE | Status: submitted
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10. Mephisto (1981)
Unrated | 146 min | Drama
In early-1930s Germany, a passionate stage actor faces a dilemma: renounce his apolitical stance and comply with the Reich's doctrine, or face oblivion. But, Faustian bargains never end well. What is the price of success?
Director: István Szabó | Stars: Klaus Maria Brandauer, Ildikó Bánsági, Krystyna Janda, Rolf Hoppe
Votes: 11,589
HUNGARY | Status: won
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11. Outlaw: The Saga of Gisli (1981)
100 min | Biography, Drama
From an authentic Viking saga, Outlaw tells the story of a family blood feud, set in 10th century Iceland.
Director: Ágúst Guðmundsson | Stars: Tinna Gunnlaugsdóttir, Arnar Jónsson, Kristján Jóhann Jónsson, Þráinn Karlsson
Votes: 349
ICELAND | Status: submitted
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12. A Thousand Little Kisses (1981)
110 min | Drama
In contemporary Tel Aviv, a mother and daughter confront each other after the death of the father/husband and the discovery of the dead man's secret affair. The daughter is drawn ... See full summary »
Director: Mira Recanati | Stars: Dina Doron, Rivka Neuman, Gad Roll, Rina Otchital
Votes: 14
ISRAEL | Status: submitted
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13. Three Brothers (1981)
PG | 113 min | Drama
Three men face their mother's death.
Director: Francesco Rosi | Stars: Philippe Noiret, Michele Placido, Vittorio Mezzogiorno, Andréa Ferréol
Votes: 1,794
ITALY | Status: nominated
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14. Muddy River (1981)
105 min | Drama
In post-War Japan, a boy from a noodle store-owning family befriends a neighboring boy living in poverty.
Director: Kôhei Oguri | Stars: Takahiro Tamura, Mariko Kaga, Nobutaka Asahara, Makiko Shibata
Votes: 1,036
JAPAN | Status: nominated
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15. Mojado Power (1981)
108 min | Comedy
Director: Alfonso Arau | Stars: Alfonso Arau, Blanca Guerra, Pedro Damián, Priscilla Garcia
Votes: 68
MEXICO | Status: submitted
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16. Come-Back (1981)
120 min | Drama
Director: Jonne Severijn | Stars: Ab Abspoel, Bert André, Barbara Barendrecht, Theu Boermans
Votes: 26
NETHERLANDS | Status: submitted
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17. Julia Julia (1981)
99 min | Comedy, Crime
Julia washes trains coupes for a living, when she one day meets the married Karl-Henrik, the secretary of the minister of justice. Falling in love with him, she also are involved in his criminal activity.
Directors: Petter Vennerød, Svend Wam | Stars: Gunilla Olsson, Knut Husebø, Audun Meling, Thomas Robsahm
Votes: 51
NORWAY | Status: submitted
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18. Man of Iron (1981)
PG | 156 min | Drama, History
A few years after the events of Man of Marble (1977), a journalist investigates Mateusz Birkut's son Maciek Tomczyk, now an activist leading a shipyard strike.
Director: Andrzej Wajda | Stars: Jerzy Radziwilowicz, Krystyna Janda, Marian Opania, Wieslawa Kosmalska
Votes: 3,794
POLAND | Status: nominated
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19. O Sport, You Are Peace! (1981)
Not Rated | 149 min | Documentary, Sport
A documentary showing the opening and closing ceremonies of the 1980 Summer Olympics held in Moscow. The director was awarded the State Prize of the USSR in 1982.
Directors: Yuriy Ozerov, Fyodor Khitruk, Boris Rychkov
Votes: 108
SOVIET UNION | Status: submitted
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20. Patrimonio nacional (1981)
112 min | Comedy
Second installment of the saga of the Leguineche's preceded by "The National Shotgun" and completed by "National III". After the death of Franco (1975) and the restoration of the monarchy, ... See full summary »
Director: Luis García Berlanga | Stars: Luis Ciges, Luis Escobar, Agustín González, José Luis López Vázquez
Votes: 977
SPAIN | Status: submitted
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21. Children's Island (1980)
Not Rated | 109 min | Drama, Romance
Reine is supposed to go to a summer camp called Children's Island but decides to remain in Stockholm over the summer while his mother is working at a hospital. She thinks he is at the camp,... See full summary »
Director: Kay Pollak | Stars: Tomas Fryk, Anita Ekström, Ingvar Hirdwall, Börje Ahlstedt
Votes: 935
SWEDEN | Status: submitted
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22. The Boat Is Full (1981)
PG | 101 min | Drama, War
During World War II, Switzerland severely limited refugees: "Our boat is full." A train from Germany halts briefly in an isolated corner of Switzerland. Six people jump off seeking asylum: ... See full summary »
Director: Markus Imhoof | Stars: Tina Engel, Hans Diehl, Martin Walz, Curt Bois
Votes: 702
SWITZERLAND | Status: nominated
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23. Jia ru wo shi zhen de (1981)
99 min | Drama
Taiwanese film about the dark days of the Cultural Revolution and the young people who were destroyed by it, centered on a group of students who perform Nikolai Gogol's play The Inspector General.
Director: Toon Wang | Stars: Alan Tam, Kuan-Chen Hu, Lin Hsiang, Feng Chang
Votes: 140
TAIWAN | Status: submitted
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24. Lili Marleen (1981)
R | 120 min | Drama, Music, Romance
In 1938, a German singer falls in love with a Jewish composer in Zurich, who helps Jews flee Nazi Germany. She wants to help but is forced back to Germany. Her song "Lili Marleen" becomes a hit with soldiers and the Nazi top brass.
Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder | Stars: Hanna Schygulla, Giancarlo Giannini, Mel Ferrer, Karl-Heinz von Hassel
Votes: 4,291
WEST GERMANY | Status: submitted
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25. Do You Remember Dolly Bell? (1981)
Not Rated | 110 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A young man's personality is shaped, involving some weird happenings around.
Director: Emir Kusturica | Stars: Slavko Stimac, Slobodan Aligrudic, Ljiljana Blagojevic, Mira Banjac
Votes: 6,791
YUGOSLAVIA | Status: submitted
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